Sony Playstation Network and PS3 Consoles Working Again

After the panic that spread throughout the gaming world yesterday; the result of the old “fat” PS3 consoles seemingly being crippled by a clock and date malfunction with the error  code 8001050F, it now seems that Sony Playstation have now fixed the problem according to a statement on the US Playstation Blog.

After warnings from Sony that PS3 owners should not use their consoles yesterday the all clear has now been given. The statement on the Playstation Blog announces that “[Sony] are aware that the internal clock functionality in the PS3 [older units] recognized the year 2010 as a leap year”. The problem seemed to occur due to the switch between February 29^th and March 1^st with the internal clock failing to carry out the date change successfully. This confirmed many theories that were espoused yesterday by industry commentators and gamers alike that the bug was a Y2K+10 issue and that because of the incorrect date on PS3 consoles they were unable to connect with the PSN servers.

The good news for PS3 owners is that Sony have stated that “the symptoms are now resolved and users are able to use their PS3 normally.” Unfortunately no information on how the fix occurred has been provided but as there was no firmware update many are surmising that the bug was either fixed internally or on the server network. According to reports, trophy data and game saves have been unaffected by the issue.

Sony understandably apologised for the inconvenience the issue may have caused and advised that if the time and date displayed on the XMB are still incorrect, manual or internet resetting will rectify the issue. Sony went on to say that any further information will be provided on the blog as and when it arises.

 

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